Ys: Ancient Books of Ys

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

The monsters are coming!

Where are they?

Coming from the north, at least sixty of them!

Okay!

There they are.

Shoot!

When has this started?

Esteria, once peaceful and flourishing...

...has come to live in fear of attacks by bands of monsters.

To defend themselves against these evils...

...the people formed an army and fought back.

Meanwhile, even this town of Minea, which lies behind castle walls...

...has grown weary of the attacks.

And the people's hearts have begun to cloud with fear and insecurity.

Ludoa ikotteya...

... imehakunji, bee harasa...

... dodo ikotteya.

The time has come.

The brave soul is coming!

So this is the port of Promarock.

Here goes!

Hello?

Can I help you?

I'd like to stay for a night.

Well, 30 dinars for a room.

If you want dinner and breakfast, it'll be an additional 5 dinars.

I'd like meals included.

Okay, meals included...

And your name?

Adol.

Adol Christin.

I've never heard that name around here.

Where did you come from?

A village far east of here.

I've been traveling around.

You're a traveler, I'm envious!

And where are you going next?

You've come to a port town, you must be planning on crossing the sea.

Yes, I want to go to Esteria.

Esteria, you said?

The longshoremen all come to our place to eat.

If you want to go to Esteria, you should ask the foreman, Norton, about it.

Personally, I suggest you rethink going to Esteria, though...

Esteria...

I've heard there was a land across the sea where evil monsters had taken over.

The place was called Esteria.

What's that?

Are you Mr. Norton?

That's right.

Hello, my name is Adol Christin.

The owner of this place told me that I should talk to you...

...if I wanted to know about Esteria.

About Esteria?

And why do you want to know about that?

I want to go to Esteria.

That's not funny, young man.

It's not meant to be!

I want to go to Esteria no matter what!

Calm down.

I don't know why you want to go there, but I can't help you.

First of all, there isn't a single boat headed to Esteria anymore.

What, is that true?

I guess you don't know the situation, huh?

Okay, I'll tell you.

Then maybe you'll change your mind about going there.

It's come to be called a cursed land now, but...

...in the past it has been a rich land that produced good silver and other minerals.

It was just one of Promarock's neighboring lands then.

Transport ships and merchant boats went back and forth everyday.

But in the last six months or so...

...the boats just stopped coming from Esteria.

And not only that, every single boat that left for Esteria was caught in a storm...

...and never came back.

Soon people got scared, and started saying it was a storm vortex.

Ever since then, the boats stopped going there.

There are rumors that it has been overrun by evil monsters.

Nobody knows what really happened.

Many men have set out to find the truth, but...

...they probably all ended up at the bottom of the sea.

Now you know why I can't help you.

If you want to live longer, you should forget about going to Esteria.

But I still want to go to Esteria!

You fool, do you want to die?

I don't really understand why I want to go there so much either.

But every time I hear about Esteria in my travels...

...something about it tugs at my heart...

...telling me I must go there.

If I don't go now, I will regret it forever.

Please, help me go to Esteria!

Now, now, you are a young man who wants the impossible, aren't you?

Why don't you come to work for me starting tomorrow?

Depending on how hard you work, I might help you out.

Really?

Thank you very much!

Calm down, it's hard work.

I'm a little worried that you might not be able to hack it, but...

I will do it!

What's the matter, get moving!

Keep pace with others!

There it is again, I wonder what it is.

It's unusual to be able to see the Devil's Tower so clearly.

Huh?

Good morning, Mr. Norton.

Good morning.

What is the Devil's Tower?

The Devil's Tower has stood tall on that cursed land since time immemorial.

You mean that's Esteria?

It's real name is Dahm Tower.

It's so damn huge, it seems like it could reach the heavens.

Besides, who would build such a thing anyway?

I think the name Devil's Tower suits it better.

Well, Adol, time for work.

Yes, Mr. Norton.

I need you to load this bag onto that boat.

This is what you want to me to do?

Stop messing around and get to it!

Yes, sir!

Good job Adol.

You are fired as of today.

Huh?

And that boat is yours.

You just loaded everything you will need.

Mr. Norton...

The sea is amazingly calm today.

If all goes well, there may not be a storm.

Mr. Norton, thank you for everything.

This is looking good.

At this rate, I should get to Esteria just fine.

Damn!

This is the storm vortex!

I will make it through!

You can't take your eyes off of them for a second.

Did this kid make it through the storm vortex?

He's just a kid.

He doesn't look like he has anything valuable, should we leave him here?

No, this kid could be the legendary brave soul that Sarah spoke of.

You gotta be joking.

Dogi, we're taking this kid to Minea.

Yes, sir.

Adol...

Adol!

Who is it, who is calling me?

I've been waiting for you to come here.

But I don't even know who you are.

Who are you?